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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.9 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 135 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Winiac on 3/9/2021 & rated 91 points: Sweet fruit, medium to full body on the plate, and balanced. The wine has survived the time in the bottle but has not developed tertiary flavors. A straight open wine with plus integrated oak. Has the delicious factor, but not the charm. (1355 views) | | | Tasted by drycreekwhine on 1/2/2021 & rated 89 points: Very nice wine and the heaviest bottle ever. (1171 views) | | | Tasted by eszencia on 11/16/2019: Well integrated and balanced throughout the palate. Welcoming notes of chocolate. (1640 views) | | | Tasted by CO_Roots13 on 6/24/2019 & rated 94 points: Wonderful bottle! Much more refined and settled down that the bottle we drank 5 years. Picked up weight with air. I think I will probably keep my last bottle for another three to five years (if I can wait that long).
8-19-8-9 (1785 views) | | | Tasted by AllRed on 3/16/2019 & rated 93 points: Popped and poured. Fairly deep color, perhaps looks a bit younger than it really is. Plum and dark fruit aromas with chocolate undertones. The palate follows the bouquet. Fairly well-integrated though there's still some slight tannic grip. Plush and velvety, with a lingering finish. (1871 views) | | | Tasted by For the Love of Wine on 1/15/2019 & rated 94 points: Tasted at a Merlot tasting. This, and a 2013 Duckhorn Three Palms were my favorites. Slo O'd for 2+ hours. This wine provided the most bang for your buck, IMO. Tells me that I should make sure all my Long Shadows wines have significant bottle age. One of the wines we tasted was the 2014 Pedestal, and there was no comparison, this one blew the '14 out of the water! The wine showed flowers, cherries and leather on the nose, with a hint of sweet vanilla. On the palate, the wine was silky smooth with no heat or harshness, and was dominated by stewed cherries, pie crust, and a hint of vanilla toast, with waves of dark red fruit intermittently dancing across the palate. Finally, it finished with sweet, toasty oak and dark cherry jam, that lingered for about 20 seconds. This was a treat, and I would guess at it peak right now. I would not hesitate opening a bottle of this special juice! An excellent value, if you can hold it for this length of time! IT may improve, but if I had any of this, I can guarantee I wouldn't find out, as I would open it sooner than later because it is so good now! (1462 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 3/31/2018: Opened again a week later. Wine still very much there. Still feels like it could have used some more time. It's very dark red fruit. Lacks just a hint of acidity still. It's fine. (1881 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 3/24/2018: Cork crumbled a bit when opening and so ended up losing the bottom half in the bottle and having to strain when pouring a glass. This wine could really have used a decant. Instead I was just pouring glasses, but found when I gave the glass more air it opened up quite a bit more. Initially very tight and a touch heavy. There's dark red fruits and once the alcohol blows away a bit of a nice structure to it. Clearly new world in style and more in the intense form of that than not, but the structure (e.g. just a touch of acid and tannin) kept it from feeling over the top. The kindof wine you can drink over multiple days and I wish I had been home to see it evolved with time. Enjoyable though. (1573 views) | | | Tasted by wine4ever on 11/10/2017 & rated 89 points: Tannins resolved, but no better than my first tasting several years ago. It's a big, plush wine - fruit and oak (not much else) - and oddly disjointed. Overall, not impressed, especially given the price of admission. (1507 views) | | | Tasted by Mossrose on 11/2/2017 & rated 94 points: Nice to revisit a now 12 year old Merlot that I have enjoyed for years. Very dark, strong aromas of black cherry and blackberry, good concentration, ample drying tannin and juicy acidity. The powerful structure somewhat holds back the wine from being fleshy and lush, but there still is a good roundness in the mouth. Not at its peak yet, but has all to stuffing to improve for another 5 years. (174 views) | | | Tasted by wiscgrad on 3/12/2017: Similar notes from last bottle. Still underwhelming (2001 views) | | | Tasted by grafstrb on 10/19/2016: -- decanted 1.25 hours before initial taste --
-- tasted non-blind over 3-4 hours --
-- 80% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc --
-- pH: 3.77; TA: 0.52 g/L --
NOSE: oaky; black cherry; clean; hint of bubble gum; medium to medium+ expressiveness; maple candy.
BODY: full bodied; violet-garnet color of great depth; slight bricking at the edges; some sediment in the bottle.
TASTE: soft/plush mouthfeel; harsh tannins of years ago are resolved; very ripe/big; extremely oaky; tastes more like a big/concentrated/plush/oaky red wine than it does a Merlot-dominant blend; 14.7% alc. is mostly masked by the concentrated fruit and oak; for my preferences, this was better in its rough and tumble youth; it's getting messy now, and I only see further decline in its future. Gut impression score: mid 80's, with room for further failings in the future. Drink Now. (2252 views) | | | Tasted by wiscgrad on 9/17/2016 & rated 88 points: good not great. very modern style. hint of oak and dark fruit. Hoping for a bit more from this producer. A bit of a hot mess (2080 views) | | | Tasted by ckleiman on 5/31/2016 & rated 92 points: Excellent! Plenty of life. (2571 views) | | | Tasted by om42 on 5/22/2016 & rated 93 points: Noted from a couple days ago. Still in excellent shape. Well balanced with great complexity. Near purple and opaque, nose was blueberry fruit and chocolate. Long finish. I am guessing it is still in the upward side of its apex. (2378 views) | | | Tasted by dsgris on 4/14/2016 & rated 89 points: Inky dark purple, black berries and iodine. Dry, tart blue and black fruit, bold fruit and body with bold and chewy tannins. Blue berries with some iodine, roast beef, not quite ripe Himalayan blackberries with substantial stemmy tannins and a bit of bitter. Plenty of time for aging left. (2117 views) | | | Tasted by TallMikeWine on 4/11/2016 & rated 91 points: 2 years from previous review, and a 3 point downgrade. Still amazing, but more mellow now, without the endless depth. Still amazing though...I like it a lot. Was traveling, so sort of like a road game, things didn't click as easily as at home with my own glassware, etc. Kudos though to Sebastian at Citrella in Half Moon Bay CA for taking good care of me and mine. (1635 views) | | | Tasted by wine4ever on 12/2/2015 & rated 89 points: Bought at winery, cellared. Drank over a 4 hour window. A very big and heavy Merlot. The fruit is an after thought in this one, it's mostly, smoke, lead pencil, new oak - and still lots of mouth coating tannins. Perplexed, I can't imagine this will improve but it doesn't seem to be on it's last legs either. Have one more, will try in 3-5 years. (1877 views) | | | Tasted by P and P on 10/24/2015 & rated 92 points: Fruit a little hidden but opened nicely. Will probably drink last in 2-3 years. (1612 views) | | | Tasted by Mossrose on 9/24/2015 & rated 95 points: This wine is a tour de force demonstrating how great Merlot can be, despite not even being at its peak. On one hand, the wine has all the muscular power to be able to arm wrestle with Cabernet Sauvignon. Yet the wine rolls into the mouth with the utterly seductive feminine character that Merlot is famous for achieving, that is seldom found in Cabernet Sauvignon. Very fruit forward and luciously delicious with deep black cherry, a bright acidity that is not tart, and a firm background of drying tannins that grips the wine. (176 views) | | | Tasted by Redteeth on 3/15/2015: I did not decant but it was consumed on a slow pace. I enjoyed this bottle much more than the last one I opened. Is it me or is there some bottle variation going on with this bottling? It is ready to go now. (2192 views) | | | Tasted by Redteeth on 1/21/2015: This bottle had a noticeable vegetal or green taste. I am wondering if this vintage needs to be consumed soon. (2241 views) | | | Tasted by elise on 12/25/2014 & rated 89 points: In decline after a 2-hour decant - this wine is somewhat simple at this point with little to no tannins left with diminished fruit acid too. Fruit is there but muted. Dominant flavors are of vanilla and oak with cherries poking thru a bit.
Generally speaking, this is not my favorite flavor profile to start with; I would check your cellar to see how your bottles have fared if you have more than one. (2134 views) | | | Tasted by gesusser on 12/14/2014 & rated 93 points: 2 hour decant allowed this deep garnet red merlot to open and both bottles in my cellar be enjoyed, great legs and finish (1950 views) | | | Tasted by Rollerball on 12/12/2014 & rated 91 points: Bursting bitter-sweet chocolate-covered berry. Still plenty of oomph. (1877 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, November/December 2008, IWC Issue #141
(Long Shadows Vintners Collection Merlot Pedestal Columbia Valley) Subscribe to see review text. |  By Gary Vaynerchuk
Wine Library TV, Washington Merlot and Twitter Tasting, Episode #833 (3/17/2010)
(Long Shadows Pedestal Merlot) #2; COLOR-dark; NOSE-a little cranberry that I like quite a bit; subtle nose; really nice; hot chocolate powder as well; PALATE-very focused fruit; very dark; a lot of plums on the attack and a little prune juice on the mid-palate which I like quite a bit; comes together nicely; sour cherries on the back-end; good complexity; a little chalkiness; good full bodied structure and weight; well made with good complexities throughout, although a little expensive; JM-94; GV-90 90 points | By Jon Rimmerman
Garagiste (1/25/2008)
(Pedestal) 2005 Pedestal Dear Friends, The “Petrus of Long Shadows” is back and this year’s version is, well, it’s a 2005. I’m running at the moment so you will have to look over the dossier from the winery below - despite a large price increase from 2004 to 2005 (I’ve heard rumors of $75 for the 2005), I think most of you will agree the new Pedestal justifies the tarrif. This wine competes with the blackest and most regal 2005 Right Bank wines with the style and ripeness of the West Coast - all with the high-latitude sunshine and heating degree hours of Washington State that cannot be duplicated in California. Here is the winery info: http://www.longshadows.com/media/2005_Pedestal.pdf ONE SHIPMENT ONLY DIRECTLY FROM THE WINERY CELLAR with perfect provenance: 2005 Pedestal (Long Shadows) FIRST COME FIRST SERVED at this price up to 6/person until we run out This wine arrives with impeccable provenance at some point in 2-3 weeks. It will ship during the upcoming spring shipping season. Out of state orders will be held for free under ideal storage conditions (56 degrees/70%humidity) until shipping is possible. Locals may pick up at their leisure. For current local pick up and arrival/ship information, please see your OARS link below (at the bottom of this offer) - don’t know how to access your OARS? Simply click the link and see your account. You can also paste the link into your browser. If you are having trouble with your link or your account, please contact: support@garagistewine.com THE WEB SITE WILL NO LONGER BE UPDATED IN THE “ARRIVALS” SECTION as all of the information will be personally stored in your OARS account. NO SALES TO RETAILERS OR WHOLESALERS Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA WA5700 |
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https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2018/11/thanksgiving-feast-features-rhone-wine.html2005 Long Shadows Wineries Merlot PedestalFrom winery website: 2005 Long Shadows Pedestal
Winemaker: Michel Rolland, Pomerol vintner and consultant to many of the world's most famous wineries, selected vineyards within the Columbia Valley to produce a Merlot that exemplifies the complexity and concentration of flavors for which his wines are internationally known.
Tasting Notes: Dark cherry and blackberry aromas compliment an appealing hint of toasty oak in this dense, deeply concentrated Merlot. Rich at entry, with added intensity on the mid-palate, the finish provides a lingering impression of layered black fruit.
Vintage: Ideal growing conditions in 2005 produced expressive, lush wines, and the 2005 Pedestal, a bold, deeply concentrated Merlot with ripe tannins, reflects the quality of the vintage. Temperatures were warm throughout July and August building sugars in the grapes, and then as if made to order, the vintage slipped into an ideal ripening pattern. Vines carrying a moderate crop load enjoyed warm daytime and cool nighttime temperatures throughout September and October, ripening the grapes slowly and evenly, resulting in a classic Columbia Valley vintage.
Winemaking: Hand harvested grapes were gently de-stemmed and fermented to avoid harsh tannins and preserve fruit character, then moved to French oak barrels for 22 months. Rolland carefully selected the coopers calling for Merlot to age in Sylvain barrels for elegance and to help polish the mid-palate; Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc rested in Taransaud and Saury barrels to stand-up to the wines’ tannins and impart density and richness. During blending, Rolland paid special attention to the mouth feel of the wine with the intent of crafting a wine with great depth and suppleness.
Vineyards: Working with diverse vineyard sources, Rolland selected Merlot from two warm sites – Candy Mountain and //Weinbau Vineyard// (50%) – to give the wine bold, rich character. Conner Lee and //Dionysus Vineyard// (37%) contributed bright cherry, dark berries and supple tannins. Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet Sauvignon (13%) enhanced the wine's structure, and Cabernet Franc (7%) contributed a pretty floral note and added elegance.
Alcohol: 14.7%
pH: 3.77
TA: 0.52 grams / 100ml
Blend: 80% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc
Release Date: February 2008
Production: 1,512 casesMerlotMerlot is a dark blue–colored wine grape variety, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name Merlot is thought to be a diminutive of merle, the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the color of the grape. Its softness and "fleshiness", combined with its earlier ripening, makes Merlot a popular grape for blending with the sterner, later-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon, which tends to be higher in tannin.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.Washington Washington Wine Commission | Credit to Washingtonwine.org for this article
Washington Wine
Washington State is a premium wine producing region located in the northwest corner of the United States. Although a relatively young wine industry, it is now the nation's second largest wine producer and is ranked among the world's top wine regions. Washington wines are found nationally in all 50 states and internationally in more than 40 countries.
Wineries
With 30,000+ acres planted, the state has ideal geography and conditions for growing premium vinifera wine grapes. Primarily grown on their own root stocks, the vines produce grapes of consistent quality, resulting in strong vintages year after year. While its focus is on Chardonnay, Riesling, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah, the region also produces a wide range of other spectacular whites and reds.
Growers
Winemakers from all over the world have chosen to establish themselves in Washington, where they can create wines reflecting this region's unique characteristics. Their hand-crafted wines are receiving wide acclaim from critics regionally, nationally and internationally for their consistently high quality. Many of them have received scores of 90 and above from the major wine media. Overall this is a higher percentage than other leading wine regions.
Regions
As the state's fourth largest fruit crop, the Washington wine industry is an important contributor to the long-term preservation of Washington agriculture. The industry is committed to sustainable agricultural practices and conservation of water resources.
Washington State is a premium wine producing region located in the northwest corner of the United States. Although a relatively young wine industry, it is now the nation's second largest wine producer and is ranked among the world's top wine regions. Washington wines are found nationally in all 50 states and internationally in more than 40 countries.
Varieties
Washington produces more than 20 wine grape varieties - a ratio of 56 percent white to 44 percent red. As the industry matures and experiments, it finds many grape varieties that thrive throughout Washington's microclimates. There are more than 16,000 vineyard acres of red wine varieties statewide.
History & Vintages
Washington's wine future is limitless. As consumers discover the quality of Washington wines, demand continues to grow nationally and internationally. New acreage and wine varietals are being planted and new wineries are opening at a remarkable pace. Washington State is recognized as a premium viticultural region around the world.
State Facts
Washington's wine industry generates more than $3 billion to the state economy. It employs more than 14,000 people, directly and indirectly, with projections to add nearly 2,000 more jobs by 2006. In terms of tax revenues accrued to the state and federal government, wine grapes are among the highest tax generators of any agricultural crops. Furthermore, Washington wine tourism attracts nearly two million visitors annually contributing to the positive growth of local and regional economies.
Washington State - the perfect climate for wine = ideal growing conditions, quality wines, business innovation, lifestyle, and social responsibility. All are key elements of this world-class wine industry.
Vintages
"2008 and even more so 2010 and 2011 were cool, even cold vintages (think: 2002 in the Barossa) without the extreme ripeness, extract and higher alcohol that had become the norm in the state’s post 1995 world. 2008 was manageable but the duo of 2010/2011 nearly caused a “great depression” in Washington State." - Jon RimmermanColumbia Valley Columbia Cascade Winery Association
The Columbia Valley AVA lies mostly in Washington state, with a small section in Oregon. The Cascade Range forms its western boundary with the Palouse regions bordering the area to the east. To the north, the Okanogan National Forest forms a border with the AVA and Canada. It encompasses the valleys formed by the Columbia River and its tributaries, including the Walla Walla River, the Snake River, and the Yakima River. The Columbia valley stretches between the 46th parallel and 47th parallel which puts it in line with the well known French wine growing regions of Bordeaux and Burgundy. The northern latitude gives the areas two more hours of additional daylight during the summer growing season than wine regions of California receive. The volcanic and sandy loam soil of the valley offers good drainage and is poor in nutrients, ideal in forcing the vine to concentrate its resources into the grape clusters.Columbia Valley Columbia Valley Winery Association |
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